CWA, a flight attendants' union, found that 63% of those polled thought the ban on in-flight calling should be maintained.
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On in-flight security, we are moving faster than the international community at large to ensure UK aircraft are fitted with intrusion-resistant flight deck doors, and last month we acted to ensure that flight deck doors on foreign aircraft are kept locked, as they have been on UK aircraft since very soon after the US attacks.
On a Los Angeles-Auckland flight last month, 15 of the 20 sky couches on the 777-300 were sold, said flight attendant Jaheb Barnett, the concierge on the trip.
In 1990, with more than 400, 000 domestic passengers nationwide, the country's on-time flight percentage was just under 80 percent.
And when America's telecoms regulator, the Federal Communications Commission, requested public comments on in-flight calling, it received thousands of mostly negative responses.
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Passengers had to stow pillows and blankets, and maps viewed on in-flight entertainment screens were disabled during the final hour of flight.
In addition, passengers had to stow pillows and blankets, and maps viewed on in-flight entertainment screens were disabled during the final hour of flight.
United said its Sunday domestic mainline flight punctuality of 77.1% exceeded its record on the same Sunday a year earlier, and it reported that as of mid-afternoon Monday its domestic mainline on-time flight performance stood at 90.6%.
Nonetheless, United have again dropped points on their top-flight travels and have now managed only one win in eight games on the road this season.
Maybe you watched a movie, logged on to in-flight wi-fi and cleaned up your email box, checked in on Facebook or updated your blog.
Maybe a reporter (EMPHATICALLY NOT ME) could take a bag of high-tech doodads on a cross-country flight to New Mexico or San Francisco and try them out.
Teso told the crowd that he used flight-management hardware that he bought on eBay and publicly available flight-simulator software that contains at least some of the same computer coding as real flight software.
Obama has banned the transfer of Guantanamo detainees to Yemen since January 2010 because of security concerns after a would-be bomber attempted to blow up a U.S.-bound flight on instructions from al-Qaida operatives in Yemen.
As the day wore on, flight-to-safety moves also supported the greenback.
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The map on the in-flight TV showed we were nearing Paris.
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And because prices of U.S. Treasurys tend to rise on flight-to-safety buying during periods of turmoil, holding some portion of a portfolio in government bonds does provide important diversification.
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We don't know yet how the US wants to transfer the men, whether on one flight - which would have enormous symbolic value to British ministers - or separately and with no fanfare.
Asking a Jets fan to pull for the Giants or Patriots is like asking someone afraid to fly to join you on a 15-hour flight to Dubai and making them wait five hours on the tarmac.
They shared a polite kiss on arrival at Reagan National Airport and sat side-by-side on the flight to New Hampshire.
There is an on-board chef on every Austrian Airlines flight who puts the crucial finishing touches on premium-class meals.
Okay, we'll give Delta Air Lines (nyse: DAL - news - people ) credit for playing My Big Fat Greek Wedding on a cross-country flight we took recently.
The seven-year-old cat had to endure the freezing temperatures in the cargo hold on the five-hour flight.
His followers included the so-called "shoe bomber" Richard Reid -- who was convicted of trying to light a bomb in his shoes on a trans-Atlantic flight -- and Zacarias Moussaoui, the only person to be charged in the United States in connection with the September 11, 2001, terror attacks.
Earlier Friday, United Flight 903 was diverted to Boston, Massachusetts, on Friday after a female passenger started complaining of "flu-like" symptoms on a Munich-to-Washington flight, Logan Airport spokesman Phil Orendella said.
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The app also has information on whether Wi-Fi is available on a flight and what the aircraft type is.
Umami-rich ingredients are now regular fare on the British Airways in-flight menu, courtesy of Heston Blumenthal.
When I realized on Thursday that my 8:00 a.m. flight on Friday had been canceled and I was re-booked on a 5:15 p.m. flight, I finished the meeting I was in, ran upstairs to my hotel room, hopped online and called United.
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His photos offer a fascinating peek at North Korean life and culture: Teens skating on a roller track, a woman braving a snowstorm, photos of his in-flight meal on Air Koryo, North Korea's airline.
On Thursday, CEO Neeleman addressed the unpleasant conditions faced by passengers on one plane -- a flight for Cancun, Mexico, that spent about eight hours on the tarmac Wednesday before finally allowing passengers to get off after the flight was canceled.
Yes, now all PowerBooks come standard with DVD-movie-playback capability, giving you the best seat in the theater on your next cross-country flight.
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